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Sapphic Book Reviews

Lesbian Nuns: Breaking Silence
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Emily Joy reviews Lesbian Nuns: Breaking Silence by Rosemary Curb and Nancy Manahan

July 2, 2020 by Danika Ellis

Growing up in a Catholic family and Catholic environment as a lesbian had its challenges. As a young girl, I thought that I would become a religious sister because the idea of living in a community of women seemed much preferable to getting married. You know, back when I thought that getting married automatically includedRead More

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Emily Joy reviews Nottingham by Anna Burke

June 4, 2020 by Danika Ellis

“They will remember when Nottingham’s daughters rose up against you when no one else dared.” Let’s talk about medieval queer women. Okay, actually, let’s talk about Nottingham by Anna Burke. This is the fourth lesbian Robin Hood retelling I’ve read, and I think this one is my favorite. All of them had some things IRead More

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Emily Joy reviews Marian by Ella Lyons

April 2, 2020 by Danika Ellis

Trigger warning for sexual assault Marian by Ella Lyons is the very first lesbian Robin Hood retelling I read back in 2017, and I thought it was time to share my thoughts, after reviewing two other retellings for the Lesbrary. This book spurred me into reading as many lesbian Robin Hood novels as I couldRead More

We Used To Be Friends by Amy Spalding
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Emily Joy reviews We Used To Be Friends by Amy Spalding

March 5, 2020 by Danika Ellis

We Used To Be Friends by Amy Spalding tackles a topic that I don’t see often in fiction — friend breakups. I’ve experienced a few friend breakups, and this book hits all the right notes. Kat and James have been best friends since kindergarten, and had what seemed like an unbreakable friendship until senior yearRead More

Heart of Sherwood by Edale Lane cover
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Emily Joy reviews Heart of Sherwood by Edale Lane

February 6, 2020 by Danika Ellis

Another lesbian Robin Hood retelling has arrived on the scene of my favorite niche. Usually, my Kindle does a poor job making recommendations for me, but in this particular instance, it was absolutely correct in advertising this book to me. As a self-professed amateur Robin Hood scholar and enthusiast, anything that combines my favorite EnglishRead More

Women in the Shadows by Ann Bannon
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Emily Joy reviews Women in the Shadows by Ann Bannon

December 5, 2019 by Danika Ellis

I’ve steadily been making way through the Beebo Brinker Chronicles, a classic lesbian pulp series by Ann Bannon, for quite some time. Women in the Shadows is the third book in that series and by far the most difficult to read so far. This review, by nature of being for the third book in aRead More

The War Outside by Monica Hesse
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Emily Joy reviews The War Outside by Monica Hesse

November 7, 2019 by Danika Ellis

The War Outside by Monica Hesse is a historical fiction novel set inside an American internment camp during WWII. It follows the friendship of two young prisoners, Haruko and Margot, as they deal with discrimination, family conflict, and their own growing feelings for each other.  This book takes a look at a lesser known partRead More

Outlaw by Niamh Murphy
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Emily Joy reviews Outlaw by Niamh Murphy

October 3, 2019 by Danika Ellis

Niamh Murphy had me with the title: Outlaw: A Lesbian Retelling of Robyn Hood. I didn’t need any more incentive to purchase this for my Kindle. Whenever there’s a new book with the promise of both lesbians and Robin Hood, I am bound to read it. My two primary reading interests are Robin Hood andRead More

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Emily Joy reviews Tokyo Love by Rica Takashima

September 5, 2019 by Danika Ellis

Trigger warning for some transphobia In Tokyo Love, Rica Takashima explores a semi-autobiographical story of recently-out college-age lesbian, and what it was like to be queer in Tokyo in the 1990s before dating apps and online LGBTQ communities became more commonplace. This book is an omnibus of a serial manga she created originally for the lesbian magazine Anise(nowRead More

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Emily Joy reviews The Daylight Gate by Jeannette Winterson

August 1, 2019 by Danika Ellis

Trigger warnings for sexual assault and pedophilia I must first admit that I am new to Jeanette Winterson’s books. Previously, I’ve only read Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit, and I know that she is a well-known lesbian author. Otherwise, I don’t know much. I picked up The Daylight Gate because I wanted to knowRead More

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